Gardner vag dna quant at Raritan Bay Medical Center

530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$41.76

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$231.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$30.72 with AETNA vs $224.74 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $30.72 ↓ -26%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.76 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $41.76 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $41.76 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $41.76 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.76 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $41.76 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.85 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.68 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.52 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $50.11 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.54 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $85.71 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $85.71 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $91.64 ↑ +119%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $153.62 ↑ +268%
AETNA PPO $158.93 ↑ +281%
AETNA HMO $158.93 ↑ +281%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $173.25 ↑ +315%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $173.25 ↑ +315%
HORIZON OMNIA $176.48 ↑ +323%
HORIZON PIP $178.79 ↑ +328%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $180.04 ↑ +331%
AETNA ASA $180.87 ↑ +333%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $184.80 ↑ +343%
CIGNA BH $184.80 ↑ +343%
CIGNA HMO $191.36 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $191.36 ↑ +358%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $194.11 ↑ +365%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $196.35 ↑ +370%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $199.93 ↑ +379%
QUALCARE PPO $209.75 ↑ +402%
QUALCARE HMO $209.75 ↑ +402%
HORIZON SHP $215.52 ↑ +416%
HORIZON HMO $217.60 ↑ +421%
HORIZON PPO $223.15 ↑ +434%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $224.74 ↑ +438%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Gardner vag dna quant at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $41.76 $41.76 – $191.36
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $41.76 $33.41 – $187.52
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $41.76 $22.00 – $191.36
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $41.76 $22.00 – $196.53
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $41.76 $33.41 – $191.36
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $41.76 $38.79 – $191.36
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $41.76 $27.20 – $191.36
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $41.76 $41.76 – $191.36

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